the celebrity vid had the old guild wars song themes on... am I the only one being moved by those songs? , they remind me of my thrilling noob experiences in gw...especially the canthan one... (I used to play prophecies on my cousin's second account) which was my first campaign. Never thought a game could hold such an amount of memories weird.

With pre-orders starting this Tuesday and some people already in beta, are there any reasonable guesses as to a release date yet? I mean, I would think a 2-month pre-order would be fair, so a June release date would be reasonable. But then I don't know how long MMO's usually stay in dev or how long their beta-testing lasts. Maybe I'm just naively thinking I'll be able to play this over the summer.

With pre-orders starting this Tuesday and some people already in beta, are there any reasonable guesses as to a release date yet? I mean, I would think a 2-month pre-order would be fair, so a June release date would be reasonable. But then I don't know how long MMO's usually stay in dev or how long their beta-testing lasts. Maybe I'm just naively thinking I'll be able to play this over the summer.

there will be no release date announced by the 10th, which is why i am not pre-purchasing it. i don't pay for betas, nor do i buy games with no idea when they're coming out.

Beyond intrigued with what ArenaNet is doing with GW2. Really like the design as a whole, from classes to just the openness of what they're trying to portray. This is the first time in quite some time where I actually was lost on which profession I'd much rather play. I love the amount of options between each class(not just the weapon choices, but traits as well). There's this layer of simplicity and once you jump in and peel back it's so much more depth and this absolutely drives me to wanting more.

Thanks for information + tons of videos posted throughout the thread. It's appreciated!

there will be no release date announced by the 10th, which is why i am not pre-purchasing it. i don't pay for betas, nor do i buy games with no idea when they're coming out.

You also already have invites for the betas though, right? Main reason i'm preordering is so I can get into the betas. CBT3 was not enough time for me... I still want to test other professions and figure out which one I'm going to focus most my time on.

I got no problem spending money on the digital deluxe early. Either way i'll end up paying the same amount... I also have 50/50 HOM/GWAMM so everything that transfers from GW1 will be better than the pre-purchase items.